Programming Gambas from Zip/DataTypes

Data Types
One byte is the amount of memory required to store a single character such as the letter “A” or the digit “1”. It is eight bits (1’s or 0’s, like little switches that are on or off, up or down). 8 bits = 1 byte. 4 bits = 1 nibble, but that one is not used much.

http://Gambaswiki.org/wiki/lang/type

Conversions
Some conversions are omitted. Many of these conversions are done automatically as required. For example, these are fine without explicitly having to write the functions: